Mariners, Braves Most Active Teams For Denorfia

4:11pm: The Mariners and Braves are the two teams pursuing Denorfia most heavily right now, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post.

11:04am: The Padres have received a lot of interest in outfielder Chris Denorfia and a trade is likely to happen “sooner rather than later,” sources tell Chris Cotillo of MLB Daily Dish. The Giants, Mariners and Blue Jays are all interested, and the Royals have also talked to the Padres about a possible move, and could get in on Denorfia if they can’t acquire Alex Rios or Marlon Byrd.

San Francisco and Seattle are new names connected to the Denorfia sweepstakes, and like the Jays and Royals, both teams would be helped by a right-handed hitting outfield bat. Denorfia could form a platoon with Gregor Blanco in center for the Giants, as Angel Pagan‘s injury status is still up in the air, or Denorfia could potentially platoon in left field with Tyler Colvin with Michael Morse seeing more time at first (if Brandon Belt‘s concussion continues to linger). The Mariners have also been linked to Byrd, though since the M’s are one of the four teams on Byrd’s no-trade list, Denorfia could be easier to obtain.

Denorfia is a free agent this winter, and the 34-year-old hasn’t helped his value by hitting only .244/.295/.321 over 266 PA this season. That total includes a .644 OPS against left-handed pitching, though Denorfia has an .810 career OPS against southpaws.

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Goodbye Denorfia. I wish you could have played more so we all could have your true potential. Well, I guess that could be said about many Padres players. Good Luck at your next destination. I hope we (the Padres) get a player(s) who can and will contribute to this team.

Why do you say that? A guy playing A ball can still turn out to be a contributor at the major league level some day. There is no point in keeping Deno on this team though. I’d rather give his roster spot to a younger player to give them the experience for next year.

Why start a young player’s clock in August when rosters expand in September, and kids who could get their feet wet without trading Denorfia? He’s a fan favorite because he hustles. That’s a good role model for the kids called up in September.

I like Deno, seems like a good guy and as you mentioned he plays the right way. However, this season is lost and ultimately Deno is a commodity. If you can get value for him, you move him. As far as starting some ones clock, we already have guys like Golbert and Peterson whose clocks have been started, might as well see if they can cut it at the big league level and get them more at bats. None of these guys are going to get super 2 status or break the bank in arbitration so it really doesn’t matter. We aren’t calling up any superstars.

The season is gone for the Padres and as much as I like Deno, hes not an elite player by any means and is a free agent at the end of the season. He shouldn’t demand a premium just because its in the division. The Padres should just try to get the most upside they can.

If the giants braves mariners offered similar prospects they’d trade him to the braves mariners way before the giants. Ie an a ball pitcher who’s struggling. If the giants want him they’ll have to up the offer to beat the mariners/braves. Never said it’d have to be premium but they’d have to give up someone a bit better rated than their initial offer that tied the braves/mariners.

If the mariners braves match the type of prospect the giants offer for Denorfia they’ll have to up their offer cause if it’s equal value between giants mariners braves it’s not toss names in a hat and see where it goes. They’ll trade him outside the division.

I would love the Jays to add Denorfia. He shouldn’t cost much prospect wise and having a guy with some speed who can play all 3 outfield spots coming off the bench would be nice. He’s also an improvement over the likes of Nolan Reimold. Should he be able to revert to career norms with regards to hitting lefties, he would be a very valuable player for the Jays.

This goes right along with Sabean’s apparent line of thinking this trade deadline. Get an old guy who is having the worst season of their career and pray they turn it around. I know the Giants don’t have much in the way of prospects but you gotta be kidding me if the best they can come up with is Peavy, Uggla, and Denorfia. Look out Dodgers, here we come.

Schafer more than likely will be gone regardless if the Braves get Denorfia or not. He has a season slash line of .158/.247/.211 and is pretty much useless unless the Braves need a late inning stolen base. At this point, Schafer’s basically dead weight and a wasted roster spot.

Though our bench is bleh, I don’t really want Denorfia that much unless something else is coming our way too. I mean it would upgrade Schafer I suppose, but how is he with the glove? If we pick up a SD OF I’d like to chance and buy low on Maybin. he’s been hurt a lot and hasn’t done much but he’s basically the same as Schafer only a little better hitter.